Yahoo Lifestyle Real-life weight loss: How I lost 32KG
Marisa went from 109kg to 77kg before her wedding
At her 2008 wedding, Marisa Kvenbo made guests’ jaws drop.
It wasn’t just her gorgeous dress, but the size of it. The 177cm bride, whose curvy figure had earned her the hurtful childhood nickname Whopper, was slim.
Now 27 and an office manager, Kvenbo hit her heaviest weight after high school. Her parents divorced and moved away, and she was left balancing a full-time job with night classes at a community college.
“Doing everything myself was hard. I got lazy and ate out constantly,” she says. In three years, she put on 34kg, peaking at 109kg.
The change
In December 2007, Kvenbo’s long-time boyfriend, Scott, proposed. She was ecstatic – until she went dress shopping. To her horror, she couldn’t squeeze into any of the store samples. Her embarrassment turned to frustration, then resolve.
“I needed a change,” she says.
The lifestyle
To wean herself off junk food and other fattening fare, Kvenbo struck one high-kilojoule food from her menu every week for three months.
She lost 7kg by March 2008 and finally had enough energy to hit the gym. She logged hours on the cross trainer, and added spinning classes that summer to fire up her kilojoule burn.
By her final fitting, in October 2008, she’d dropped six dress sizes and was swimming in her gown. Seizing that momentum, she began strength-training after the wedding and cracked down on snacks.
By May 2009, she hit her lowest weight, 77kg.
The weight-loss reward
The only thing Kvenbo treasures more than her beautiful wedding photos is her new positive attitude.
“I wanted to be happy with my body so I could be happy in my marriage and my life,” she says. “And now I am.”
Kvenbo’s tips
Multitask “If I can’t get to the gym, I’ll do squats while blow-drying my hair.”
Recruit fruit “Berries and melons help control my sweet tooth.”
Dish up diversity “I vary the vegies in my salads so I’m never bored.”
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